Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Slow Death of Shea Stadium

The sadness continues. From a variety of different sources, the dismantling of Shea is being documented in photos. This must be what it is like to watch a friend die.

From up above, the trucks lining the field make it look like some loading dock down on the lower East Side. Or perhaps some pier where Tony Soprano might be operating.

Right now, it's hard to get two seats together on the first base side. Or even one seat together on the first base side. My location on the loge level is visible through my leaky eyes.

Behind home plate on the field level. These used to be luxury seats. Jackie and Aristotle Onassis sat there during the 1969 World Series. Pearl Bailey is flipping in her casket as we speak.

I didn't realize that Endy Chavez did that much damage to the left field wall when he made that catch in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS.


Section 1 of the Upper Deck. In college, we would sit up there for $1.50. And there were actual seats to sit in at that time.

I really shouldn't watch this. But, it's all part of the processing. Sniff, sniff.

Dinner last night: Grilled bratwurst at the last Dodger home game of 2008.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, at least the Dodgers were in the playoffs. We've still got Manny Mania, and there's always next year.

The Dodgers should have an end-of-season celebration so things end on an up note. Call me, Frank. I've got ideas.

Len said...

Mr. Deluxe Furnished---

You should know that our fellow Dodger fan Barbara did get a voice mail from Frank McCourt yesterday. Send your ideas to her!

They are having a Dodger night at the stadium on 11/21. But tickets are 500 bucks.

Anonymous said...

500 Bucks?! What do you get for that? Weekend at Manny's? Sit down banquet? Dodger dog with truffles?